This wasn’t decades ago or in a third world country with no environmental regulation. It was in Esperance, Australia starting at the end of 2006. Lead carbonate (cerrusite ore) from a local mine had ...

As of midday close, domestic base metals generally fell. SHFE copper rose 1.15%. SHFE nickel fell 1.12%. SHFE aluminum rose 1.16%, SHFE lead fell 0.11%, and SHFE zinc fell 0.34%. SHFE tin fell 0.35%.